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ArticleMicromachines2021

Microwave Imaging of Breast Skin Utilizing Elliptical UWB Antenna and Reverse Problems Algorithm.

Sameer Alani, Zahriladha Zakaria, Tale Saeidi, Asmala Ahmad, Muhammad Ali Imran, Qammer H Abbasi

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Article in Micromachines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Sameer AlaniCenter for Advanced Computing Technolgy (C-ACT), Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, Durian Tunggal, Melaka 76100, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-7114-4982
Zahriladha ZakariaFaculty of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Durian Tunggal, Melaka 76100, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0003-1467-405X
Tale SaeidiElectrical and Electronic Engineering Department of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar 32610, Perak, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-0995-3364
Asmala AhmadCenter for Advanced Computing Technolgy (C-ACT), Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, Durian Tunggal, Melaka 76100, Malaysia.
Muhammad Ali ImranJames Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7097-9969
Qammer H AbbasiJames Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4743-9136
Technical University of Malaysia Malacca · MYAjman University · AEUniversiti Teknologi Petronas · MYUniversity of Glasgow · GB

Funding

UTem JURNAL/2018/FKEKK/Q00001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skin cancer is one of the most widespread and fast growing of all kinds of cancer since it affects the human body easily due to exposure to the Sun's rays. Microwave imaging has shown better outcomes with higher resolution, faster processing time, mobility, and less cutter and artifact effects. A miniaturized elliptical ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna and its semi-spherical array arrangement were used for signal transmission and reception from the defected locations in the breast skin. Several conditions such as various arrays of three, six, and nine antenna elements, smaller tumor, multi-tumors, and skin on a larger breast sample of 30 cm were considered. To assess the ability of the system, a breast shape container with a diameter of 130 mm and height of 60 mm was 3D printed and then filled with fabricated skin and breast fat to perform the experimental investigation. An improved modified time-reversal algorithm (IMTR) was used to recreate 2D images of tumors with the smallest radius of 1.75 mm in any location within the breast skin. The reconstructed images using both simulated and experimental data verified that the system can be a reliable imaging system for skin cancer diagnosis having a high structural similarity index and resolution.

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microwave imagingreverse problemsskin cancerUWB antennas

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PMID34073105
PMCPMC8229570
OpenAlexW3165464096

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